Illinois

Meanings

Proper Noun

• state USA (country) named for the people.
• A confederation of Algonquian tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.
• The Algonquian language spoken by these tribes; the Miami-Illinois language.
• A river in USA (country) that flows from western Illinois (state) into the river, Mississippi River.
• A river in Colorado (state), USA (country) that flows from the Never Summer Mountains in the Rockies (mountain range) into the river, Michigan River.
• A river in Oklahoma (state), USA (country) that flows from the Ozarks (mountain range) into the river, Arkansas River.
• A river in Oregon (state), USA (country) that flows from the southwestern corner of the state into the river, Rogue River.
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

Noun

• A member of the above-mentioned tribe.

Origin

• From a French adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami ilenweewa.